Was die Aufzeichnungen sagen
- Wann
- Dez. 1256
- Art
- Belagerung
- Koordinaten
- 36.45° N, 50.58° E
- Description
- 1256 Mongol siege
Siege of Alamut (1256)
1256 Mongol siege of Nizari capital
The Siege of Alamut took place in December 1256, and marks the fall of the strategic fort of Alamut Castle, which was the capital of the Nizari Ismaili state, to the Mongol Empire under Hulegu Khan. Following the capitulation of the Nizari Imam, Rukn al-Din Khurshah during the siege of Maymun-Diz, Hulegu Khan dispatched forces to secure the fortress.
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